T. P. McKenna
Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Patrick 'T. P.' McKenna was a distinguished character actor of film and TV and a prolific stage actor. He made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954 and his film debut in the 1960 film The Night Fighters. Film credits included Straw Dogs, Ulysses, Perfect Friday, Villain, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Red Scorpion and Valmont, whilst his TV credits included Bleak House, Inspector Morse, Doctor Who, Casualty, Ballykissangel and Lovejoy.
Acting
Movie
Straw Dogs
as Maj. John Scott
1971
TV
Doctor Who
as The Captain
1963
Movie
The Libertine
as Black Rod
2004
Movie
Red Scorpion
as General Vortek
1988
Movie
Valmont
as Baron
1989
TV
The Avengers
as Grant
1961
Movie
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Norris
1969
TV
The Saint
as Tony
1962
TV
Jack the Ripper
as O'Connor
1988
TV
Casualty
as Arthur Jackson
1986
TV
Casualty
as Dr. Archie Whitlock
1986
Movie
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as William Russel
1968
TV
Holocaust
as Blobel
1978
Movie
Britannia Hospital
as Theatre Surgeon
1982
Movie
The Scarlet and the Black
as Himmler
1983
Movie
The Doctor and the Devils
as O'Connor
1985
TV
Lovejoy
as Bertram Montserrat
1986
TV
Blake's 7
as Sarkoff
1978
Movie
Villain
as Frank Fletcher
1971
TV
Waking the Dead
as Phil Brown
2001
Movie
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery
as Dr. Grahame
1989
Movie
The Beast in the Cellar
as Det. Chief Sup. Paddick
1971
Movie
Longitude
as Edmund Burke
2000
TV
Heartbeat
as Michael O'Leary
1992